Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1126
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Death of the Old Year"
5 min
1127
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
1128
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
1129
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
1130
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1131
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
1132
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
1133
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
1134
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
1135
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1136
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1137
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1138
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1139
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1140
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1141
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1142
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1143
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1144
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
1145
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1146
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min
1147
Louise Bogan: "A Tale"
3 min
1148
Cynthia Cruz: "Deathscape Lullaby"
2 min
1149
Mark Irwin: "Nike of Samothrace"
3 min
1150
A. Van Jordan: "Grandfather"
4 min